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单词 lacewing
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lacewing

[ leys-wing ]
/ ˈleɪsˌwɪŋ /

noun

any of several insects of the family Chrysopidae, having delicate, lacelike wings and golden or copper-colored eyes, the larvae of which are predaceous on aphids and other small insects.

Origin of lacewing

First recorded in 1850–55; lace + wing

Words nearby lacewing

lacertid, lacertilian, lacertus, lace stay, lace-up, lacewing, lacewood, lacework, Lacey, La Chaise, lachanophobia
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Example sentences from the Web for lacewing

  • Between thirty and forty species of lacewing flies are known to occur in our own country.

    The Young Collector's Handbook of Ants, Bees, Dragon-flies, Earwigs, Crickets, and Flies|W. Harcourt Bath
  • It helps us get rid of the aphids, and we should never kill a lacewing or a child of the lacewing.

    The Insect Folk|Margaret Warner Morley
  • You see it looks a little like the lacewing larva, and it, too, belongs to the Neuroptera.

    The Insect Folk|Margaret Warner Morley
  • May says she supposes the larva of the lacewing is a little monster like that of the corydalus.

    The Insect Folk|Margaret Warner Morley

British Dictionary definitions for lacewing

lacewing
/ (ˈleɪsˌwɪŋ) /

noun

any of various neuropterous insects, esp any of the families Chrysopidae (green lacewings) and Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings), having lacy wings and preying on aphids and similar pests
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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